Linguistic Imperialism has 59 ratings and 2 reviews. Joel said: This is an important book, even if it’s now a bit outdated (and a little conspiracy theor. Linguistic Imperialism. Robert Phillipson. Oxford Applied Linguistics. This book explores the contemporary phenomenon of English as an. Phillipson’s Linguistic Imperialism has provoked a number of criticisms. The author, Robert Phillipson, argued that the global teaching of.
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It looks at the spread of English historically, at the role it plays in Third World countries, and at the ideologies transmitted through the My library Help Advanced Book Search. Oxford University Press Amazon.
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This book explores the contemporary phenomenon umperialism English as an international language, and sets out to analyse how and why the language has become so dominant. It looks at the spread of English historically, at the role it plays in Third World countries, and at the ideologies transmitted through the English language.
Selected pages Title Page. Contents Taking stock of a world commodity. English the dominant language. Earlier work relevant to linguistic imperialism.
The colonial linguistic inheritance. British and American promotion of English. English language teaching in action. Arguments in linguistic imperialist discourse.
Linguistic Imperialism Robert Phillipson Snippet view – His main research interests include the role of English worldwide, language policy and multilingualism in the European Union. Robert has written and edited books on language policy, language learning, and languagerights.
Taking stock of a world commodity. Linguistic Imperialism Oxford Applied Linguistics.